Report: Global Battle Against XP Ahead for Windows 8

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From what I understand, there is suppose to be a power shell module you can download to have it boot to a regular WinXP/7 style desktop.
 
8 already failed evaluation at my company. It was deemed impractical for desktop and laptop use. 100% of our machines are in those categories because we need to do actual work. Another big machine buy is coming up. I expect a standoff between us and the hardware vendor. We are demanding Windows 7 downgrade rights similar to the XP downgrade rights during the Vista debacle. Looks like the "Wow" is starting all over again. I don't see 8 taking off in business. It's even more annoying to use than Gnome 3.
 
In the past if you asked people why don`t they move away from XP you would have gotten an answer like "it`s faster, no graphic bloat", now if you ask the same , even though Win 8 is faster you get "it doesn`t have a start button" which actually it does but just different.... seriously world ?

What they really need to to is scrap the 32 bit version .. if there`s someone out there that still has a 32 bit only CPU it means he for sure won`t spend monney on win8. Size .. even though now we have large drives i still find the OS ridiculously large. And the last thing , if they introduced the pause button on multiple copy instances they should have introduced the button to auto resume when the active copy has finished.
 
[citation][nom]jimmysmitty[/nom]Oh and they need to kill off 32bit. We don't sell any systems with 32bit and rarley get someone wanting 32bit 7.[/citation]

There are still Atom devices that could use a 32-bit copy. Win 8 is much smoother than XP on my old 2008 netbook. Unfortunately, it insists that the screen is 168px too short and so it refuses to run any Metro applications other than the Start Screen.
 
Where is problem with giving OPTION to use classic interface (start button with classic menu or Vista/7) or METRO 😉 ?!!
Next thing is less and less configurability ...
 
[citation][nom]shoelessinsight[/nom]Windows 8, on the other hand, is a drastic overhaul both in looks and interface. I don't think anybody would mind that, though, if it weren't for the fact that Microsoft is actively blocking people from customizing the OS back into something they're familiar with. It's that attitude that has me baffled and frustrated with 8 -- since when did Microsoft start caring how we customize our systems?[/citation]
Actually, i felt that windows 8 is more like win 7 with a skin on top. And no start button, which made me feel slightly helpless at first when i tried it yesterday 😀
 
I have XP on a bootcamp partition on my Mini Mac for old legacy games like Baldur's Gate and such so no MS, XP will stay on that rig until that rig is ready for the trash heap in a couple decades of so, HD and DVD dric=ves can be replaced.
 
[citation][nom]gti88[/nom]Just bought Win 8 Pro for $40.Not a bad deal, if you ask me.Will use it for my new Haswell build.[/citation]
And here we have another tool.
 
[citation][nom]sten_gn[/nom]Where is problem with giving OPTION to use classic interface (start button with classic menu or Vista/7) or METRO ?!!Next thing is less and less configurability ...[/citation]
Now you have found out Microsoft's long term plan.
 
Here's the problem. If WIN 8 can succeed in the business enviroment, then so can Linux. Win 8 is such a drastic change for end users. If you are going to train them, pick something that isn't such a change to them. Linux or Mac would be better suited for the work place employee then a completely "Dumbed" down user interface.

As someone that does Server administration as a living, WIN 8 is doomed....
 
Globally the XP percentage might be relatively high, but not in the world where I live. I've just pulled some stats from our system center. They show a much smaller 5% XP population spread out over serveral organizations we're managing.

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server 0.045%
Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise/Professional 88.929%
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise/professional 0.134%
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter/Enterprise/Standard 4.662%
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter 0.134%
Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.199%
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition 0.045%
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Server 2003, Enterprise/Standard Edition 0.672%
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Standard 0.179%


 
[citation][nom]apache_lives[/nom]Vista and 7 are 99% the sameBEFORE you vote me down blindly -- you tell me what the real difference are besides vista's more aggressive caching and colour scheme.[/citation]
In 7, I can use Windows backup to backup to a network share. Vista won't. In 7, the snap left, right or up functions are nice for resizing windows. 7 actually was the first Windows OS to not require double the RAM of it's predecessor (7 actually is more efficient) and the wallpaper looks nicer in 7 :)

All said though. I manage a small network that still runs Vista. It wasn't really that bad. So, I can see your point. But, I waited to see what Win 8 looked like before I upgrade them to win 8. Guess what, I am rolling out win 7 finally.

I wonder how many companies will fall in that boat? - seeing Win 8 hastens their Win 7 rollout.
 
[citation][nom]antilycus[/nom]Here's the problem. If WIN 8 can succeed in the business enviroment, then so can Linux. Win 8 is such a drastic change for end users. If you are going to train them, pick something that isn't such a change to them. Linux or Mac would be better suited for the work place employee then a completely "Dumbed" down user interface. As someone that does Server administration as a living, WIN 8 is doomed....[/citation]

If you'd not mentioned mac I'd have believed you.
Microsoft's best practice for servers is to install a core server only, so you don't get the dumb interface there, and since you're working with servers what do you care how dumbed down the frontend system is? what's a professional user have to do anyway that requires anything sophisticated?

It's on the home front I see the windows 8 problems the most. Power users need to stay in windows 6.1 or downgrade to linux
 
Modding any setting


XP: OK
Vista: Are you sure? Really really sure? Nah, I don't think you're sure.
7: Are you sure? OK.

The retarded engineers who put together Vista thought it would be protection against viruses if you harassed users about running foreign programs. Except if you do it for every single action, users tend to tune out these worthless warnings and just click right on through.
 
Whoever studied statistics should know the final results can easily be manipulated.

So rather than believing a certain OS is best due to its usage numbers one should find out which is most suitable for the use.
 
[citation][nom]ddpruitt[/nom]UAC doesn't pop up for every single thingWindows 7 runs games fasterNetworking and sharing are much smootherEven on a clean install Vista is much slowerTaskbar has a number of useful enhancementsWindows 7 loads quickerDrivers work betterBetter hardware supportBetter Audio controls (for people that have lots of outputs like me)Doesn't crash as muchAnd did I mention it's quicker (look at benchmarks before you comment)[/citation]
Yeah, sounds like a service pack to me.
 
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